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==Details==
*'''Title:''' 義務と演技
*'''Title (romaji):''' Gimu to Engi
*'''Also known as:''' Love and Lies
*'''Episodes:''' 11
*'''Genre:''' Romance renzoku
*'''Air time:'''
*'''Broadcast network:''' TBS
*'''Broadcast period:''' 1996-Oct-10 to 1996-Dec-19
*'''Theme Song:''' "Lonely Woman" by [[Takeuchi Mariya]]

==Synopsis==
What happens after five or six years of marriage, when the fires of passion die down? Yoshihiko, a veterinarian, makes love to his wife out of a sense of duty, while his wife Shoko, a promising lighting designer, pretends to take pleasure in his advances. Meanwhile, Kenji puts on that he's just too busy with work to respond to his wife's need for physical affection, eventually causing trouble for his wife and daugher when he has an affair with Shoko. Through these two contrasting couples, this drama portrays an unsettling challenge to modern marriages. -- ''TBS''

==Cast==
*[[Asano Yuko]] as Shoko
*[[Sano Shiro]] as Yoshihiko
*[[Oura Ryuichi]] as Kenji
*[[Kuroki Hitomi]]
*[[Hosokawa Fumie]]
*[[Kajihara Zen]]
*[[Kaneko Ken]]

==Production Credits==
*'''Producer:''' [[Kuwata Kagenobu]]
*'''Director:''' [[Kuwata Kagenobu]]
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Azuma Taeko]]

==Notes==
*A movie based on the drama series was produced by TOEI in 1997. Starring [[Tachi Hiroshi]], [[Takashima Reiko]] and [[Shimizu Misa]].

==External Links==
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.106.htm JDorama.com]
*[http://www.tbs.co.jp/drama_archive/gimu/index-j.html TBS Archive]

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